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type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence, setting forth relevant procedures and requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses."
description: "Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence, setting forth relevant procedures and requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 374"
citation: "Kansas SB 374 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging and Disability Services", "Department for", "Crimes", "Punishment and Criminal Procedure", "SB 481"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e8d42b3-bfee-47d9-902d-90aeb54a302c"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB374/"
source_hash: "4ba2e4c901420d0591164b1ce1555dd7eca229bd0ae314ff6c2ae0aebc026065"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---
# Kansas SB 374 (2025-2026) — Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence, setting forth relevant procedures and requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_374/sb374_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_374/sb374_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_374/sb374_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_374/sb374_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4
- **2026-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-23** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Bob Lewis, Rep. Bradley Barrett and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson
- **2026-03-18** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 8, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e8d42b3-bfee-47d9-902d-90aeb54a302c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).